Beating-machine for furs.



S.`& M. J. BARUCH, T. LINDNER & S. GOLDSMiTH.

B'EATING MAcmNE FOR was. f

APPLlCATIONFILED FEB. 2B, 15H6.

Patented Jan. 9, 1917.

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S. &-M.1. BARUCH, T. LINDNER L S. GOLDSMITH.

BEATJNG MACHINE FOR FUBS. APPLICAT'IoN FILED ria. 18. me.

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smuEn nennen, oF BNooxLYN, yMORRIS J. Bannon, zor NEw YORK, THEoDoEE YLINDNER, or BROOKLYN, AND SAMUEL GoLDsM/I'TH, o-F NEW YORK, N. Y.

BEATING-MACHINE Fon EUES.

` Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9;*1917.

. A'p'piicati filed February 1s, 191e. serial No. tassi.

Tall/whom t may concern:

Be itV known that we, SAMUEL BARUG'H, a citizen 'of the United States,andY resident of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, (whose post-office address is 1078 East Fifteenthstreet, Brooklyn, New York,) MoR- R'Is J. BARUGH, a citizen of theUnited States,

and resident of New York, borough of Bronx, in the county of Bronx andState of New York, (whose post-ofhce 'address is 1057 Hoe avenue, NewYork, N. Y.,) THE'obonE LNDNER, a citizen of the United States, landre'sidentof New York, borough of Brooklyn, inthe 'county of Kings andState of New York, (whose post-office address is 140 Cornelia street,Brooklyn, New York,)y and SAMUEL GoLDsMITH, a citizenof the UnitedStates, and resident of New York, borough of Bronx, in the county ofBronx and State of New York, (whose post-office address is 1792l/Vashing'ton avenue, New York, N. Y.,) have invented new and usefulImprovements in Beating-Machines for Furs, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in beating machines andmore particularly to that type adapted` Vfor the beat-` ing, whipping orpounding of fur in order.k

to soften the skin, to free and separate the hair which is lmatted down,and to loosen and vdislodge dust, dirt orY other impurities therein.

A machine embodying our invention'may. be employed-not only forbeatinghides and unfinished 'furs, but may* also be. used for similarlytreating articles or garments made of fur, or for treating clothing andthe like.

Our invention involves various novel features of construction and'`,arrangementL of.

parts which will be pointed out more particularly hereinafter.

Among the main objects of our invention are the following: to 'limit andcontrol the foi-ce of the blows; to impart to the article a shakingrmotionwhile it is being beaten; to facilitate the adjustment of themachine to receive articles of various sizes yor thicknessesg, and to soconstruct, supportand opcrate the whipping or beating members that theywill not readily be broken and will remainserviceable for a great lengthof time.

Variousother objects and advantages will bassist-.ed .eat hereinaftera;eoajrreaiea with a detail description of one embodiment of ourinvention.

Reference is to be had to the accompany-` ing'drawing'in which similarreference characters indicate corresponding 4parts in the several views.

In these drawings, Figure 1 is'a top plan view of a machine constructedin accordance with ourinvention; Fig. 2 is a vvertical longitudinalsection taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is avertical longitudinal section taken on the line 2,;3 of Fig. 1; and Fig.4: is a perspective view of a part of one of the whip supports.

In the specific form illustrated, we mount the parts on a main frame 10which may be of any suitable construction and supported in any suitablemanner, as, for instance, by legs 11. The main frame supports a platform12 upon which the articles to be beaten are placed. This platform may beof any desired size dependent upon the character of the articles vforwhich the machine is designed, but itpreferably presents a flat sup-Vporting surface of considerable area. The platform is mounted so as tohave resilient vertical movement in respect to the frame.

Various different forms ofspring connections between the platformV andframe may be designed, but, a simple arrangement involvesfthe use offoul-coil springs 13, one beneath each corner of the platform 12 andheld in place by suitable studs or pins 14.

The springs are of such strength that they normally hold the platformsubstantially in the position 'shown ijn Fig. 2 and do not per# mit anyconsiderable lowering of the platform when ordinary articles are placedthereon.' The beating of the'articles on the platform will cause theplatform to spring up and. down and this will aid in shaking out anydust or dirt which may be loosened by' the whipping or beating action.In order to protect and v'conceal the'springs, the main frame 'may havea flange 15 extending upwardly around the periphery of'the plat-V form.l

The main frame at the end opposite to the platform supports the whippingor beating mechanism. 'I his is carried by an auxiliary frame 16 whichis so connected to the portion of the main frame carrying the vplatformthat the beating; mechanisrn'mayl b'eiadjust-V ed. 'verticallytojpmhimeieiesf of; vai-iene sizes to be placed on the platform beneaththe beating mechanism. As shown, the main frame has two verticallyextending bars or standards 17, 17, connected together at their upperends by a bar 18. The auxiliary frame has bearing portions 19, 19,encircling these rods 17 and each bearing portion includes anadjustableV clamping portion 2() whereby the auxiliary frame may belocked rigid in respect to the vertical rods 17 and thus held in anydesired vertical adjustment. To facilitate the rapid movement of theauxiliary frame to the desired position, a screw 21 is mounted for freerotation in the cross bar 18 and has threaded engagement in the base ofthe auxiliary frame 16 as shown particularly in Fig. 2. The upper end ofthe screw is provided with a suitable handle 22 whereby the screw may berotated and the auxiliary frame 16 raised or lowered. Y

Extending transversely of the frame 16 and supported in -suitablebrackets carried by the latter is a shaft 23 which may be driven at thedesired speed by an electric motor 24 or other suitable prime mover alsocarried by the auxiliary frame. As shown, the shaft of the motor issubstantially in alinement with the shaft 23 but is separate therefromand speed reducing gearing 25 serves to transmit power from the motortothe shaft 23 and to operate the latter at the desired speed. The gearingmaybe interchanged to rotate the shaft 23 at the proper speedirrespective of the speed of the motor. Adjacent to and slightly belowthe shaft 23 is a pivot rod 26 mounted in suitable brackets on theauxiliary frame. Pivoted on this rod are .a series of arms 27 serving aswhip supports. Each arm is free to turn onV the pivot rod independentlyof the other arms and each arm carries a whip and is so designed,mounted and supported that it is moved by the rotation of the shaft 23.As shown, the shaft carries a series of cam fingers 28 in spacedrelationship corresponding to the several arms 27. Each finger may havea collar 29 rigid therewith and encircling the shaft 23, and which maybe locked to the shaft in any desired angular relationship as forinstance by means of set screws 29a. Each arm has a spring 30 tending tolift one end of the arm toward the shaft 23 and means are providedwhereby the tension of the springs may be readily adjusted. As shown,theshaft, pivot rod, and other moving parts are covered by a casing 31and the springs 30 extend upwardly from the arms 27 to eye-bolts 32extending down through the top of the casing. A butterfly nut 33 orother suitable adjusting means is mounted on the upper end of eacheye-bolt 32, whereby the tension of each spring may be increased ordecreased at will. The springs tend to draw the arms up so that theycome into the path of the cam fingers 28 on the shaft 23 and the latteract to force downwardly the adjacent portions of the arms as the shaft23 rotates. To reduce friction and to facilitate the free operating ofthe parts, each arm carries a roller 34C with which the correspondingcam finger engages. As shown, each arm has a slot extending lengthwisethereof and the roller is mounted on lugs extending upwardly at oppositesides of the slot. Thus, after a cam linger engages with the roller anddepresses the arm, it may pass into the slot and the arm may freely moveupwardly again until the roller engages with the hub portion of the camfinger. The fingers each have one substantially radial face and onecurved or inclined face so that the rear end of each arm will bepositively swung downwardly and then suddenly return under the action ofthe spring as the roller passes down the radial side of the nger.

The arms are each pivotally supported intermediate of its ends, and theportion on the opposite side of the pivotal support from the spring androller, has a whip or beater clamping portion. As shown, a removablesection 35 is clamped to the lower side of the arm by suitable bolts 36and between the clamping portions are held the base end of a whipping orbeating rod 37 and supporting members 33 and 39. These guiding andsupporting portions inclose the base of the whip and are clamped withthe latter to the arm while their outer portions are spaced slightlyfrom the whip and are somewhat resilient, although neither as resilientnor as fiexible as the whips themselves. The whipsare preferably formedof fiber rods although bamboo or other suitable light flexible stripsmay be employed. The outer portions of the supports 38 vand 39 may movewith the rods 37 to a limited extent and thus prevent the rods frombending at a sharp angle at any one point. They tend to strengthen orreinforce the base portions of the rods so that there is less liabilityof the latter being broken during the violet whipping or beating action.

In the use of the machine, the auxiliary frame is adjusted to the properheight in respect to the platform 12 dependent upon thecharacter of thearticles to be treated. If the article be a skin or fur, the auxiliaryframe will be so adjusted that the pivot rod 26v is at approximately thesame plane as the platform 12 while if a mulil or other larger orthicker object is to be treated, the auxiliary frame will be raised to acorresponding extent. Gearing is employed which will give the whips orbeaters the desired speed of operation and a preferable speed ofoperation is about the same as the maximum speed at which similar whipsor beaters could be moved by vhand if'held rmly in the latter. that allof the whips will operate at the same time or they may be adjustedangularly about the shaft as shown in Fig. 3 so that the several whipswill operate in succession at uniformly spaced intervals.

It will be noted that the entire force of the blow which is delivered byeach whip or beater is due to the tension of the spring connectedthereto. In other words, the cam fingers operate merely to lift thewhips and the springs pull them down. Thus, the force of the blow may bevaried at will by adjusting the tension of the springs and the force ofthe blow is not in any way dependent upon the speed at which the machineis operated. The entire force of the blow of each whip may be delivereddirectly on to the article or stops may be employed in the path of eacharm to limit the swinging movement. Any suitable arrangement orconstruction might serve as a stop for all of the arms. For instanceeach roller might be limited in its upward movement by directly engagingwith the collar which carries the corresponding cam finger. In fact,this latter arrangement is preferable. By adjusting the auxiliary frameto a height somewhat above the platform, very light blows may bedelivered, each blow being due solely to the inertia of the whip afterit reaches its normal lowered position.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction and in thearrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of our inventionor the scope thereof `as defined in the appended claims. The particularmachine shown in the drawings is to be considered merely as oneembodiment of our invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A beating machine for furs or other articles, including a platform, aplurality of whips or beaters, a pivotal support therefor, means forswinging said whips or beaters about said pivotal support, and means forrelatively adjusting vertically said platform and said support.

2. A beating machine for furs or other articles, including a platform, aframe, a plurality of pivoted whips or beaters carried by said frame,means for vertically moving said whips or beaters, and means forvertically adjusting said frame in respect to said platfprm.

The cam fingers may be adjusted so 3. A beating machine for furs orother articles, including a main frame, a platform carried thereby forsupporting the articles to be beaten, an auxiliary frame verticallymovable in respect to said main frame, a plurality of beaters pivotallysupported on said auxiliary frame, and a prime mover for operating saidbeaters.

4. A beating machine for furs or other articles, including a main frame,a platform mounted thereon, an auxiliary frame, vertical guides carriedby said main frame, clamping members for holding said auxiliary frame tosaid guides, means for vertically adjusting said auxiliary frame alongsaid guides and in respect to said main frame, a prime mover carried bysaid auxiliary frame, a shaft journaled on said auxiliary frame,reducing gearing between said prime mover and said shaft, a pivot rodcarried by said auxiliary frame and substantially parallel to saidshaft, a series of beater arms j ournaled on said rod, springs tendingto swing said arms toward said platform, and cams on said shaft forintermittently swinging said arms away from said platform.

5. A beating machine for fur or other articles, including a main framepresenting vertical guides, an auxiliary frame in engagement with saidguides, means for vertically adjusting said auxiliary frame along saidguides and in respect to said main frame, a prime mover carried by saidauxiliary frame, a shaft driven by said prime mover, a pivot rod carriedby said auxiliary frame, a series of beater arms journaled on said rod,and means for swinging said beater arms about their pivotal support uponthe rotation of said shaft.

6. A beating machine for fur or other articles including a pivoted arm,a beater rod secured thereto and a pair of resilient 'supports carriedby said arm and clamped at opposite sides of the base portion of saidrod, said supports having divergent resilient portions extendinglengthwise of said rod and spaced therefrom fo-r limiting the swingingmovement of said rod in respect to said arm.

Signed at New York city in the county of New York, and State of NewYork, thisY seventeenth day of February, A. D. 1916.

SAMUEL BARUCH. MORRIS J. BARUCH.' THEODORE LINDNER. SAMUEL GOLDSMITH.

Copies ot this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing' the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

